3D Load Packer (3DLP) is the unique
space optimizer designed to help you plan
quickly and easily the best compact arrangement of a number of different size
3D rectangular objects (hereafter referred to as
"Boxes") within one or more rectangular enclosures (hereafter "Containers").
3DLP is based on the truly three-dimensional original
packing algorithm.

The overall load weight limit and truck
axle weight limits can be taken into account
as the additional constraints or actual
optimization factors.

The program has a facility for specifying the associated
cost for each box / container item in order
to calculate totals and affect
the optimization as an additional priority factor.
Optimizer goal and other main settings are
adjustable.

Full control of the allowed box overhang
is also supported.

3D Load Packer can be used to optimize
multi-product
load plans for any rectangular containers,
trucks, trailers, railcars, crates, pallets and boxes, as well as be applied
to any other 3D-space optimization problem.

The program can optimize over multiple containers
in multiple sizes at the same time, taking into account overall box set
considered, as well as allowed box space orientations
specified for each box separately or for all boxes together.

Typically, optimizer reduces cube/volume waste
by a factor of 1.5...2 with respect to manual load planning.
Program run time is usually around 3...300 seconds
and extremely depends on the number of items involved. In any case,
it saves time and reduces the level of
experience required for 3D planning dramatically.

Using 3D
Load Packer is easy. It is based on the full featured
database, allowing a user to pre-define containers and boxes and to store
the complete loading cases along with the corresponding
solutions. To define a new task, you'd select a stored container
/ box items from the database or create a new object(s) by entering its sizes
and other details via the user-friendly spreadsheet-type
interface. Never enter the same information
twice.

The Task Page
(see above) is the main program control center which allows
you to navigate through the stored tasks, create a new task,
activate optimizer run, review solution
basic totals, clear solutions, modify any task initial data,
resolve a task, and so on.

More
images...

_ _ _ _ _ _

The Image Page presents
3D views of the loaded container(s)
and Volume / Weight utilization diagrams.
Load patterns are displayed graphically as the complete adjustable
full-color 3D isometric images.
You can rotate, move, zoom images, observe
step-by-step load sequence
and print any image view, as well as other
task and solution data reports.

Note that 3D Load Packer
is intended for compact packing of items
having mostly different sizes when common loading by building simple
walls/layers of a large number of identical items, as well as direct stacking,
is impossible.

The Solution Page presents full
solution information for a current task in form of DB tables.
Program allows you to print complete
reports containing all data you see.

The Optimizer Settings Page allows you
to control the basic optimizer and technology related settings – either common
for all tasks, or task specific.

Active settings are stored along with the task on each solver run.
You can restore and activate these
current task settings, or apply common or default
settings by pressing the appropriate buttons, as well as adjust any of the
settings separately.

The system supports network data sharing
and has some specific DB export / import
facilities, allowing a user to exchange selected task / solution data
with another 3DLP system.

3DLP Box Library can be populated by importing data
from the appropriately formatted ASCII text file
(or *.csv file), as well as by common "Paste from Clipboard" actions.

3D Load Packer can run on Windows
95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP/Vista/7... (32/64-bit) on common PCs beginning with 486/DX4
with 800*600 or higher resolution monitor.
Pentium III or higher and 1024*768 resolution
is recommended for comfortable use.

3D Load Packer optimizer engine is also
available in the form of batch processing
executable program.